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to ourselves, adopt the methods of our oppo- 

 nents ; and if we have a fleet as strongly built, 

 equal in number and size to theirs, and capable 

 of keeping up the unrivalled splendour of our 

 national banner, be satisfied with it, although 

 it be not a rival in beauty and splendid deco- 

 rations to that which has awed every enemy 

 into submission. The situation of the town of 

 Kingston is convenient and very well chosen; 

 the soil in its vicinity is very fertile by nature, 

 and much improved by cultivation for a great 

 distance all round ; roads lead from it to the 

 westw^ard, to the eastward, and to the in- 

 terior; with the latter there is a good water 

 comniunication by means of the rivers Rideau 

 and Petite Nation, and some lakes that are 

 connected by short portages. In the lapse of 

 time, as the townships become settled, this will 

 prove of great advantage in facilitating the 

 transport of their produce, either to Kingston 

 or to Montreal, as both the Rideau and Petite 

 Nation discharge themselves into the Ottawa. 

 Fronting the harbour of Kingston is Wolfe 

 Island, or Grand Isle, twenty miles in length 

 and about six in extreme breadth ; it is uncul- 

 tivated, but very well clothed with oak, elm, 

 ash, and pine timber, and where large quanti- 

 ties are continually felled for the use of the 

 dock-yard : on the south side of it a deep bay 



